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Actual size:  37 x 24mm (1.4 x 0.9")

These impressions have been excavated from:
Note:  Stamp listings are in the following format:
Seal Type, Seal Orientation, Pottery Type, Incision Type

  1. M4L, 5:00, SCC, 0 from a private collection in Redondo Beach (ID#21; click for detailed photos):

  2. M4L, 6:00, PPP, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#146; click for detailed photos):

  3. M4L, 6:00, SGC, 0 from the private collection of Dan Gross (ID#6; click for detailed photos):

  4. M4L, 12:00, AGC, 0 from the private collection of Michael Welch (ID#147; click for detailed photos):

  5. M4L, 12:00, Axx, 0 formerly offered on eBay--present location unknown (auction ID# 7381219749; LMLK Dotcom ID# 083; click for detailed photos):

  6. M4L, 12:00, WPP, 0 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Gibeon field # 542; stamp # 224; museum ID# 60-13-78; click for detailed photos):


  7. Note:  This impression also appears in "Hebrew Inscriptions and Stamps from Gibeon" by James B. Pritchard

  8. M4L, 12:00, xxx, 0 from the University of Pennsylvania Museum Photo Archives (Gibeon field # 335; stamp # 89; click for details):

  9. M4L, 12:00, xxx, 0 from "Eretz-Israel vol. 23" published by The Israel Exploration Society (#14):

  10. M4L, 12:00, xxx, 0 from TA vol. 1 #1 published by the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University (from Debir):

  11. M4L, x:00, xxx, x from PEQ 7-1941 published by The Palestine Exploration Fund (Lachish #7-3, IV-2 D/X):


  12. Note:  This impression also appears in:
    • "Eretz-Israel vol. 15" published by The Israel Exploration Society
    • "L'Epigrafia Ebraica Antica 1935-1950" by Sabatino Moscati
    • "Lachish III (Tel ed-Duweir):  The Iron Age (Plates)" by Olga Tufnell
    • "Scripta Hierosolymitana vol. 8" by Chaim Rabin & Yigael Yadin

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